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I remember that prediction, too. Isn't this happening in richer countries and also among the better-off Chinese middle class?Grier
I'm always saying that there's too much traffic on the roads. Even in quaint little English villages there's lorries squeezing through the narrow roads. I know we need things moving and I'm a delivery driver myself, but it all adds up to damaging the ozone layerTrue Thomas. The general trend seeming to be the more affluent societies are, the less likely they are to have large families ... Many factors there too...I had 2 daughters and now 2 grandkids.
We've witnessed, seen, heard,...,.. read about how we humans are wantonly destroying our once garden of Eden by a misguided sense of entitlement.
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Jessica now that the Ozone Layer has basicly restored itself we dont want to be adding additional pollution, so these trucks should convert to Electic power. Australia is beginning to do this but it is a massive job as we have so much land to cover, so many more trucks on the roads. Our largest mining company BHP is in the process of converting their huge mining vehicles from polluting diesel to clean green hydrogen power. This is a start.I'm always saying that there's too much traffic on the roads. Even in quaint little English villages there's lorries squeezing through the narrow roads. I know we need things moving and I'm a delivery driver myself, but it all adds up to damaging the ozone layer ☹
We have a lot of electronic cars on the roads too. Will driving one be like driving an automatic?Jessica now that the Ozone Layer has basicly restored itself we dont want to be adding additional pollution, so these trucks should convert to Electic power. Australia is beginning to do this but it is a massive job as we have so much land to cover, so many more trucks on the roads. Our largest mining company BHP is in the process of converting their huge mining vehicles from polluting diesel to clean green hydrogen power. This is a start.
Dont know as never driven an electric vehicle. I do know they are far quieter than the traditional car and far less polluting..We have a lot of electronic cars on the roads too. Will driving one be like driving an automatic?
Makes sense to have something like they have with some conventional cars. A kinda warning beep for a bad park I think it is or is it when you are too close to the car in front. Been a while since I drove and it certainly was not a fancy car.I heard someone suggested EV vehicles should emit sound to alert others of its presence.
I know what you mean. Many times I've gone to cross a road and see an electric car very close. They are too quiet for my liking.As an old fellow with poor hearing who loves cycling I worry a bit about these quiet electruc vehicles I barely hear. I do have a rear vision mirror thankfully.
I heard someone suggested EV vehicles should emit sound to alert others of its presence.
It's been used in Europe for years. My car has such an Acoustic Vehicle Alert System , AVAS for short. My MiL doesn't hear it either but if it's louder it'll be nerve-wrecking, won't it?As an old fellow with poor hearing who loves cycling I worry a bit about these quiet electruc vehicles I barely hear. I do have a rear vision mirror thankfully.
I heard someone suggested EV vehicles should emit sound to alert others of its presence.
Yes, very much so but it doesn't have a gear lever nor a handbrake lever any more. It's just pushing buttons and touching the screen.We have a lot of electronic cars on the roads too. Will driving one be like driving an automatic?
You drive an EV Thomas?Yes, very much so but it doesn't have a gear lever nor a handbrake lever any more. It's just pushing buttons and touching the screen.
I think I'm too used to gears.Yes, very much so but it doesn't have a gear lever nor a handbrake lever any more. It's just pushing buttons and touching the screen.
I thought so, too, but once you've driven an automatic you start wondering what that shifting gears is for?I think I'm too used to gears.![]()
Sort of. It's a so called full hybrid with automatic transmission and autopilot, the so called Partly Automated Driving which includes steering and lane-keeping assistance, as well as remote-controlled parking. The car independently adjusts the distance to the car in front of you by accellerating and braking autonomously via radar. And then there is the Collision and Pedestrian Warning with City Brake Activation, which prevents collisions via automatic braking.You drive an EV Thomas?
I may take one for a test drive then one dayI thought so, too, but once you've driven an automatic you start wondering what that shifting gears is for?![]()
A reverse camera is useful. You miss it badly when driving a car that hasn't got it. In my present car it's linked to a rear cross-traffic alert system that stops the car automatically if someone is approaching from the side whom you didn't see. Much as I like most of those assistance systems, I sometimes feel patronised by them, e.g., when the car wouldn't allow me to, say, change a parking space on an empty car park if I don't wear the seat belt. Lane-keeping assistance may result in a constant beeping because there's a beep sound each time the car is not exactly mid-lane.I love my 6 gear manual Corolla now 15 years old and it's only done about 65,000 km.
I may need another car and do like all the bells and whistles with the current offerings, especially a reversing camera.
I do have a plug in gps navigator and recently bought a new one with a dash cam built in. $329 was ok, just.
It's possible to have a reverse camera installed but that'd cost about $1,000 which is a bit pricey for me.
A reverse camera is useful. You miss it badly when driving a car that hasn't got it. In my present car it's linked to a rear cross-traffic alert system that stops the car automatically if someone is approaching from the side whom you didn't see. Much as I like most of those assistance systems, I sometimes feel patronised by them, e.g., when the car wouldn't allow me to, say, change a parking space on an empty car park if I don't wear the seat belt. Lane-keeping assistance may result in a constant beeping because there's a beep sound each time the car is not exactly mid-lane.
What do you think you'll need the dash cam for? As evidence in case of an accident?